“The Capitalization of Nature, or, the Limits of Historical Nature”
Jason W. Moore
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Binghamton University, State University of New York
@ Social Theory Workshop
**Wednesday** Jan. 13 at 6pm
Wilder House 5811 S Kenwood Ave
There have been some changes to the quarter’s schedule. Below are the details for the next sessions:
Thurs. Nov. 19: “Between Strategies and Farewells: A Contemporary Introduction to the Political Theory of André Gorz”
Jeremy Cohan, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, New York University
Thurs. Dec. 3: “Dreamworlds, Nightmares, and Redemption in West Germany, 1945-77”
Jake Smith, PhD Candidate, Department of History, University of Chicago
All papers will be distributed in advance of the workshops via the Social Theory Workshop list serv. To join this list serv go to: lists.uchicago.edu and search for “Social Theory”
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/127158517620475/
Please join us for the Social Theory Workshop, next Thursday Oct. 15 at 6pm (Wilder House, 5811 S Kenwood Ave)
“Some Myths About Ethnocentrism”
Adam Etinson
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago
All papers will be distributed in advance of the workshops via the Social Theory Workshop list serv. To join this list serv go to: lists.uchicago.edu and search for “Social Theory”
The Social Theory Workshop is pleased to announce its 2015-16 Call for Papers
Funded by the Council on Advanced Studies at the University of Chicago, the Social Theory Workshop provides a forum primarily for MA and PhD students (although post-docs and faculty are also regular participants) to present their works-in-progress and to engage with others also interested in social theory in a collegial yet intellectually rigorous casual setting. Our workshop is interdisciplinary with past participants coming from the humanities, anthropology, history, sociology, and political science, and their work represents a wide range of geographical areas and historical periods.
We are currently accepting workshop paper proposals for 2015-16 with a priority for those interested in presenting during Autumn Quarter (October through December) although those interested in presenting during the Winter and Spring will also be considered. Please send a short abstract or brief description along with a tentative title of your paper to Arzuaga {at) uchicago {period) edu by Friday September 4. If your proposal is accepted, your paper will be due one week prior to your specific workshop date. We ask that papers take the form of unfinished and/or unpublished works-in-progress. Forms of typical workshop papers include dissertation chapters, drafts of journal articles or book chapters, MA theses, and dissertation proposals.
In past years, our conversations at the workshop have addressed topics that include:
— the relation between social and cultural transformations;
— the politics of work and time;
— feminism and contemporary capitalism;
— the changing nature of global finance and financial crisis;
— mass unemployment and the automation of production;
— varieties of historical and contemporary religious, nationalist, and socialist political and social movements;
— contemporary trends in global immigration;
— social theories of race and ethnicity;
— the relation between colonialism and the global expansion of capital,
— and, conceptual issues posed by neoliberalism.
The workshop will be scheduled from 6-8pm on alternate Thursdays at the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT) (Wilder House, 5811 S Kenwood Ave) with light food and refreshments. Papers are distributed in advance via our mailing list. To subscribe, visit https://lists.uchicago.edu/web/info/social-theory-workshop
May 7:
Originating the Derivative
Ed LiPuma
Professor of Anthropology, University of Miami
May 21:
“Individuality as domination and emancipation in Marx’s mature critical theory”
Fabian Arzuaga
PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science,
University of Chicago
May 14:
“Proto-Colonialism and the Great Divergence: Culture, Markets and Coercion”
Ralph A. Austen
Professor Emeritus of African History
University of Chicago
May 25 (Annual BBQ, 4pm):
“Charles Dickens, Between Literature and Social Criticism”
Ben Schacht
PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature
Northwestern University
June 4:
“Integration or Exception? The Ethics of Immigration During Times of Crisis”
Lisa M. Simeone
PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
University of Chicago
Please join us for our last Social Theory Workshop of the winter quarter this Thursday March 12 at 7pm at Wilder House (please note the later time)
“Implosion/Explosion in Early 20th Century Germany
Industrial Location Theory, Geopolitics and the Spatial Dynamics of Capitalism”
Parker D. Everett
Ph.D., Department of History 2012
The University of Chicago
All papers are distributed in advance of the workshops via the Social Theory Workshop list serv. To join this list serv go to: lists.uchicago.edu and search for “Social Theory”
Please join us Thursday, March 5 at 6pm at Wilder House (5811 S. Kenwood Ave.) for the following paper and discussion at the Social Theory Workshop:
“Production and Dehumanization: Günther Anders and the Critique of Industrialization”
Jason Dawsey
Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern History
University of Southern Mississippi
All papers will be distributed in advance of the workshops via the Social Theory Workshop list serv. To join this list serv go to: lists.uchicago.edu and search for “Social Theory”
Please join us Thursday, Feb 19 at 6pm at Wilder House (5811 S. Kenwood Ave.) for the following paper and discussion at the Social Theory Workshop:
“The Fetishism of Securities and the Capitalist Mode of Prediction”
Ivan Ascher (Political Science, UW-Milwaukee)
All papers will be distributed in advance of the workshops via the Social Theory Workshop list serv. To join this list serv go to: lists.uchicago.edu and search for “Social Theory
